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% Look up a moon or planet and return its properties.
See also Moons.
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Form:
d = SolarSystemProperties( name )
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Inputs
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name (1,:) Name of moon or planet
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Outputs
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d (1,1) Properties of a planet
.planet (1,:) Planet name
.moons {} Moon names
.equatorialRadius (1,1) Radius (km)
.flatteningFactor (1,1) Flattening factor
.rotationRate (1,1) Axial rotation rate
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d (1,1) Properties of a moon
.moon (1,:) Moon name
.center (1,:) Name of planet center
.radius (1,1) Radius
.mass (1,1) Mass (kg)
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References: Seidelmann, ed. The Explanatory Supplement to the Astronomical
Almanac, University Science Books, 1992, pp.708-709.
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